Timeless Age!

 

Today is November 25, 2014...18 days from my 50th birthday on December 12th.    With all this countdown business, you might be surprised that I don't normally celebrate my birthday. No, really, I don't!   While I feel great and have no sense of my mortality, I am also no longer feeling immortal...I will leave that for the impetuousness of youth.     "Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age." Victor Hugo     I am truly gathering perspectives on my life (and hopefully helping you gain some on yours!) that will help me the next 50 years - I just told you I have no sense of my mortality!   I was conducting an enrollment seminar the other day for about 15 people.  Most of them were on Medicare and generally at least 65 years of age (notice, I didn't say "old").  The average age was about 73 and there was one very sweet, smart women who was 87.  Still sharp, still vibrant...still alive.   As part of my presentation, I have to remind them that the last day to make a decision is December 7, which I playfully interject is just a few days away from my 50th birthday.  Invariably, the turning 50 statement gets comments such as;    "You are still just a baby."   "Ahhhh...to be 50 again."   "The best part of your life is not behind you, it is in front of you".   The 87 year old woman pulled me aside and told me the secret to a good, long life...is living.   These types of interactions, along with my own deep review of my life are showing me the relativity of time and age.  The two are not automatically connected.  There are some people that seem to disconnect their age...from time.   There are some young people that have a maturity that belies their youth.  There are some older people that seem to have tapped into the proverbial fountain of youth.      "Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." Mark Twain     The common theme between the young and the young at heart?    They are focused, mission driven and living on purpose. Each day brings with it a drive to do something, see something and touch someone.    Want to add 10 years to your life and take 10 years off of your age?  Get focused, mission driven and live on purpose.  That is the key to...   Timeless Age.    Until tomorrow, I wish you Money, Power, Success!